A coalition of heritage organisations has secured the Bernat Klein Studio near Selkirk at auction for £279,000, raising hopes that one of Scotland’s most significant modernist buildings can be brought back into use after more than 20 years of dereliction.

The studio, designed by architect Peter Womersley in 1972, was purpose-built for the textile designer Bernat Klein as a workspace for design, weaving and display. It sits adjacent to High Sunderland, Klein’s home, also designed by Womersley and completed in 1958.

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